Administrative Assistant I - Respiratory Institute

Administrative Assistant I - Respiratory Institute

At Cleveland Clinic's Respiratory Institute, we provide world-class patient care by combining our strengths in clinical care, research and education. With more than 170 pulmonologists, allergists/immunologists, infectious disease experts and critical care specialists, the Respiratory Institute staff diagnose and treat a wide spectrum of disorders in our outpatient offices, inpatient hospital floors, and intensive care units. We treat over 200,000 patients annually in our outpatient clinics and Cleveland Clinic is recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care.

Administrative Assistants are an essential part of ensuring the smooth operation of Cleveland Clinic. In this role, your work will allow caregivers to focus on patient care and improve coordination between the nursing, administrative, and healthcare teams. Exceptional performance in this role could lead to further development opportunities within the organization.

A caregiver in this position works M-F, 8:00AM 4:30PM w/ no weekends or holidays. May work some evenings and early mornings when needed.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Perform various administrative duties to support assigned areas, such as scheduling, handling phone calls, greeting customers and correspondence.
• Manage and prioritize multiple assignments simultaneously and effectively.
• Act as a liaison between internal and external customers by greeting customers and answering and triaging phone calls.
• Administer calendars and schedule management.
• Compose and prepare various correspondence, such as reports, forms, presentation materials and messages.
• Provide coverage of other areas, such as front end, point of service and registration.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High school diploma or GED.
• One year of office experience.
• Typing proficiency of 35 WPM with accuracy.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite products, such as Outlook, Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Your experience may be assessed with an online skills assessment.

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Two years of college or business school.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods
• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment
• Ability to travel throughout the hospital system
• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information
• In some locations, ability to move up to 20 pounds

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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